Brick-ornamenting machine.



B. W. BALLUU.

BRICK ORNAMENTING MACHINE.

APPLICATION HLED MAY 26. W15.

1.1 79,7 92. Patented Apr. 18, 1916.

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B. W. BALLOU.

BRICK ORNAMENTING MACHiNE.

APPLICATION mu) MAY 26-, ms.

1,179,792. Patented. Apr. 18, 1916,

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BRICK ORNAMENTING MACHINE.

APPLICATION Hm) MAY 26, 1915.

1,179,792. Patented Apr. 1o, 1916.

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BYE?) W. BALLOT), 0F BUFFYILLE, KANSAS.

BRICK GENAMENTING MACHINE.

Specification of Letters rateut.

Patented Apr. 18, 1916.

Application nee. fffay so, 1915. Serial No. 30,652.

T all 20]: am itcn'zg concern Be it known that L Brno W. EAL-L8H, ccitizen of the United States. residing at Buli'villc, in the county ofvv son and State of Kansas, have'invcnted new and useful lznprcveimzntsin l3riclcOrnsmcnting Machines, of which the following is sspccification.

lhi's invention relates to in ing machines; roit'crenco to rttype oi'machine which operates been orick r bbon as the latter is fed. from thedie or mold, and has for an object to provide a machine which. impartscertain designs or configurations to the surface of the ribbon bypractic-ally a single operatic of the machine or treatment of the brickr. Jbon and no sub sequent application of mechanism or pressure to thebrick. ribbon after it leaves the marking machine.

It is another object of this invention to provioc an ornamenting machineof this character wherein the lines produced upon the surface of thefinished article will extend obliquely 01 and be crossed on the ornamentcd urfacc and. when a plurality of the thus ornamented brick areassembled in the formation of a wall, the severe ver tical or horizontallines or configurations of prior products of this character, whichinipart to the well an appearance or be ng water-streaked or marked bythe trickling of streams of Water down the face of the wall, is entirelydoneawcy with and av Wall of rugged appearance is produced.

In machines heretofore constructed, it has been found necessary tofurther treat and to press the ornamented face of the brick ribbon afterthe lines have been out therein, and it has also been nccessary'to formthese ornamental lines longitudinally of the brick ribbon or by thedragging the ribbon against a plurality of fixed pins or marlo ingpoints. i

It is the design or the present intention to overcome thesedisadvantages found in prior machines and methods and to produce amachine which by a single operation upon the brick ribbon imparts thedesired ccnfig oration in its finished or complete form.

The above and other obiects and advantagos of the present invent-ionwill be more clearly brought out in the following detailornamentdescription of the present preferred em" bodiment of the some,the present embodiinent being disclosed in the accompanying drawings inWbich- Figure 1 is a side elevation of the brick ornamenting machine ofthis invention. Fig. is a top plan view of the same. Fig. 3 1s atransverse section on the line 3-3 of Fig. 1, taken through the brickribbon forwardly of the ornamenting device and looking toward the same.Fig. 4 is a detail enlarged bottom plan view of the upper surface or--namenting or marking mechanism. Fig. 5 is a detail perspective View ofthe finished article produced by the machine of this invention. Fig. 6is a transverse section taken on the line 66 of Fig. 1, through the sideor edge marking mechanism. Fig. 7 is a detail enlarged fragmentary Viewof the marking pins and guide therefor applied to the upper surface ofthe.brick ribbon.

Referring to the accompanying drawings 10 designates a brick ribbonsupport, shown in the present instance in the form of a conveyor orendless belt which, as usual, is adapted to support and carry the brickribcon 11 from the die or former, not shown. The endless belt orconveyor 10 is disclosed as supported at one end upon a pulley 12mounted on a shaft 13, the latter provided upon its end with a sprocketwheel 14 for a purpose which will hereinafter appear.

The present invention relates to the means for ornament-mg the face ofthe brick ribbon during its passage on the conveyor or belt 18, and isshown in the present embodiment as comprising a substantially U-shapedframe 15 open at its lower end and supported above the brick ribbon ll u'on suitable braces 16. In the opposite en s of the frame 15 aresupporting wheels 17 carried upon vertical shafts 18.:1nd 19. The Wheels17 support an endless carrier 20 adapted to move In an endless pathabove the brick ribbon 11. The frame 15 carries upon its upper side ahorizontal shaft 21 connected to the shaft 18 by bevel gears 22'andhaving; upon its end asprocket wheel 23"Which rsconnected to thesprocket wheel 14 of the conveyor mechanism by means of a chain Q i, Theobject of this arrangement is to drive. me endless carrier 20simultaneous with imd 105 at the desired proportionate speedrel'ativd tothecndless conveyor 10. I i

bio'unted upon the carrier 20 is a plurality. of vcrticallymosabledownwardly projecting pins 25. 1 Thc'pins 25 are normally ilild 11 0' upout of contact with the upper face of the brick ribbon 11 by means ofsprings 26, each spring 26 surrounding its pin 25 and being held betweenthe head of the pin and the upper edge of the carrier 20. v

The frame is provided in its upper end with a. pin adju sting plate 27supported upon set ,screws 28 passing through the frame 15. The plate 27receives the innerends of the pins 25 and hasupon its lower face nearits forward and rear edges guides or cams 29 which lie in the path ofthe heads of the pins 25 to depress the pins and hold the same downduring their passage across the upper face of the brick ribbon 11. Itwill be noted from Figs. 3 and 7 that the cams or guides 29 are soplaced-that the pins 25 in moving toward the edge of the brick ribbonare depressed prior to their engagement with the brick ribbon. The pinsare held down in engagement with the brick ribbon until they reach apoint near the opposite edge of the brick ribbon when they are abruptlyreleased out of contact with the ribbon to prevent the breaking away orcrumbling of the edge of the ribbon by the pins as they are drawnlaterally out of contact therewith. 1

The frame 15 is provided preferably upon one end with a yoke 30 in whichare journaled the opposite ends of the shaft 19. A set screw 31 is.carried by the yoke 30, and engages the end of the frame 15. to adjustthe yoke longitudinally upon the end of the frame 15 and draw the shaft19 through the slots 32 in the frame to adjust the tension of theendless carrier 20.-

It is desired not only to ornament that portion of the brick ribbonwhich subsequent] y becomes the outer faces bf the brick, but also thesides or edges of the brick ribbon which later become the opposite endsof the brick and which are disclosed to view in the construction ofwalls and the like. To ornament the edges of the brick ribbon asubstantially hollow rectangular frame 33 is arranged in advance of theupper surface ornamenting mechanism above described, and surrounds thebrick ribbon 11, as shown to advantage in Fig. 6. In this frame 33 thereare arranged a pair of vertically disposed and spaced-apart endlesscarriers 34, each having inwardly extending pins 35 adapted to engagethe opposite edges of the brick ribbon 11 and being normally urged awayfrom the brick ribbonby lsprings 36.

vary the depth of marking by the pins 35. The pins 35 are brought intoengagement with the opposite sides of the brick ribbon .11 by the cams39 which are of substantially the same formation and operate in the samemanner as do the cams 27 hereinabove referred to. The lower ends of tlieendless carriers 34 are mounted upon sprocket wheels 40 fiXed to atransverse shaft 41 passing beneath the brick ribbon 11 and journaled inthelsides of the frame 33. The

shaft 433, and which also passes over a I sprocket 48 fixed to thetransverse shaft 21 of the upper surface marking mechanism. \Vith thisarrangement it is thus seen that the top and lateral marking mechanismsare simultaneously operated, and that this operation is proportionate tothe operation of the carrier or table upon which the brick ribbon issupported.

As the pins 25 and 35 are mounted on endless carriers 20 andrespectively, the

pins are moved across the surface of the brick ribbon first in onedirection and then in an opposite direction. As the brick ribbon 11 ismoved continuously forward during this back and forth travel of thepins, the pins-first striking the brick ribbon cut into the surface,diagonal lines extending in one direction and subsequently these linesare intersected by the oppositely extending diagonal lines of the pinswhen they are drawn across the brick ribbon in the oppositc'direction.These pins not only mark lines in the surface of. the brick ribbon butalso roughen or disturb the surface so as to impart a rugged appearanceto the ornamented surface, and produce a somewhat indistinct design ofdiamond-shapadependent upon the proportionate speeds of the brick ribbonand the marking pins.

It is, of course, understood that various detail changes may be made inthe above set forth embodiment of this invention without departing fromthe spirit. of the same, all changes being contemplated Within the scopeof the following claims.

What I claim is 1. In combination, means for advancing a plastic body,having marking devices movable in 0 site directions across th e'faceofthe bo y'to form intersecting straight lines thereon.

and an ornamenting device 15. In combination, means for advancing aplastic body, an endless carrier arranged at one side of the plasticbruit", marking ilevices mounted on the liarfer adapted to travelcolnp'ietely :n-rms 4 l i first in one dirvrtion site direction, andmfzms l marking devices m ry the the face of the plastir: body 16 Incombination. nu a plastic body, an endl ss; i in sp ceiil relatior h.- aaroma; body pins mourn l upon f veyfir and moral-iv Thwrw niil mf plateadapted to retain the pins in prop-1r position relative to the plastichotly, and means for operating the end carrier t move said pins acrossthe of the plasiio body and transversely to the xiii-13th of travelthereof first in one ii' ,wl'llfill and 51] sequently in the opposite:(lire iion during the travel of the plastic booyto om: (ZlOwh groovesin. the fame of the plast Emsly.

4 17. In combinatir 1. irram: ,gioving a plastic body, a frame overlaintic body, a horizontal endless ran u-r nmmzz; ed in the frame, means for:vliusringr one owl 0f the horizontal carrier to wry the M 1. of thesame, a plurality of pins on the endless carrier, means for (lri nendless carrier to move the pins acres surface of the plastic body in.opposite 2htions, and means for moving said pins int-.1; contact withthe surface 0*. the plastic he an i i-o utilise-big the d pth, or cut in(tan i In combination, a llinfable upportfor n pl; b dy, tr-mm. arrangedad acent the suppuri, a Mable endlv" carrier lon cent are ml. the lll'liihfl I ers to m w the sam into, plz' i ,ll gn'wltlcrmin 1aandguides on wgr-geznen; will: the markhe face of the ti es and to it unduring it the 1 Ii-rm'u the sa ill plas 7: for moving a. iiiornmlly outthe plastic lmdy, a nlziog oevicee plastic body, and -m-nt with theziiarking we "to engagement n Hg." 1 713 1,".

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